Sidney Poitier
Biography
Sidney Poitier KBE (February 20, 1927 – January 6, 2022) was a Bahamian and American actor, film director, and diplomat. In 1964, he became the first black actor and first Bahamian to win the Academy Award for Best Actor, for Lilies of the Field. Other accolades include two competitive Golden Globe Awards, a competitive British Academy of Film and Television Arts award (BAFTA), and a Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album. Major films featuring Poitier in a starring role include Blackboard Jungle (1955), The Defiant Ones (1958), To Sir, with Love (1967), Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967), In the Heat of the Night (1967), Sneakers (1992), and The Jackal (1997). Later in his career, he turned to directing with features such as Buck and the Preacher (1972), Uptown Saturday Night (1974), Stir Crazy (1980), and Ghost Dad (1990). At the time of his death, Poitier was one of the last major stars from the Golden Age of Hollywood cinema.
Acting (78 movies)
Duel at Diablo
1966
Sneakers
1992
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
1967
The Greatest Story Ever Told
1965
Porgy and Bess
1959
In the Heat of the Night
1967
Sidney Poitier - Der Mann, der Hollywood veränderte
2023
The Jackal
1997
The Defiant Ones
1958
The Wilby Conspiracy
1975
Shoot to Kill
1988
Buck and the Preacher
1972
Blackboard Jungle
1955
To Sir, with Love
1967
A Patch of Blue
1965
Paris Blues
1961
Little Nikita
1988
Pressure Point
1962
Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night
1988
They Call Me Mister Tibbs!
1970
No Way Out
1950
Edge of the City
1957
Uptown Saturday Night
1974
Let's Do It Again
1975
A Raisin in the Sun
1961
A Piece of the Action
1977
Band of Angels
1957
Quincy Jones: In the Pocket
2001
The Long Ships
1964
Lilies of the Field
1963
The Bedford Incident
1965
Something of Value
1957
A Warm December
1973
The Slender Thread
1965
For Love of Ivy
1968
Sing Your Song
2012
The Mark of the Hawk
1957
The Organization
1971
The Simple Life of Noah Dearborn
1999
Martin Luther King and the March on Washington
2013
David and Lisa
1998
To Sir, with Love II
1996
Brother John
1971
Separate But Equal
1991
A Cinderella Named Elizabeth
1965
All the Young Men
1960
Reinventing Elvis: The 68' Comeback
2023
Sidney
2022
The Last Brickmaker in America
2001
The Red Ball Express
1952
The Lost Man
1969
Free of Eden
1999
Cry, the Beloved Country
1951
Whoopi Goldberg Presents Moms Mabley
2013
Richard Widmark: Strength of Characters
2000
Mandela and de Klerk
1997
Virgin Island
1959
A Man Is Ten Feet Tall
1955
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
1970
Good-bye, My Lady
1956
The Making of ‘Sneakers’
2003
Night of 100 Stars II
1985
Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist
1998
Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick
1995
Afro Promo
1997
Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project
2007
The Strolling '20s
1966
Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes / Feeling Heart
2017
The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn
1986
Paul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist
1979
Go Man Go
1954
Poitier's Walter Lee
2018
Nationtime
1972
The Madding Crowd
2017
Mr. SOUL!
2018
Sidney Poitier: One Bright Light
2000
Sepia Cinderella
1947
A Star Without a Star: The Untold Juanita Moore Story
2022
Directing (9 movies)
| Title | Year | Job |
|---|---|---|
| Buck and the Preacher | 1972 | Producer |